Introduction to Space Archaeology (PDF)

Huadong Guo is Director General of International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, Director of the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage under the Auspices of UNESCO, Professor at the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Academician of CAS, Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Fellow of TWAS and Fellow of International Science Council. He presently serves as Honorary President of the International Society for Digital Earth(ISDE),Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Digital Earth and the Big Earth Data Journal. He served as President of ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology and President of ISDE. He has over 40 years of experience in Earth observation, specializing in radar remote sensing and Digital Earth science.Wang Xinyuan is Professor at International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS) and the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He is also serving as Deputy Director of International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the Auspices of UNESCO, Chair of Digital Heritage Specialized Committee of China National Committee, International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE), Co-Chair of the Heritage Working Group of the Digital Belt and Road Programme (DBAR), Member of International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), Executive Member of ICOMOS-China, and Member of the World Heritage Expert Committee of the State Forestry and Grass Administration of China. He is engaged in the research of remote sensing archaeology and digital heritage conservation. His current research interest focuses on adapting Big Earth Data technologies to the needs of space archaeology and the SDG11.4 assessment.



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